Focus on Renewal Sto-rox Neighborhood Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237181440
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Mckees Rocks, PA, USA
Phone
4127716460
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,835,113
Expenses
$3,931,615
Assets
$4,634,359
Liabilities
$1,168,203

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRACEY L LEWIS (PRESIDENT)
  • IAN IULIUCCI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DIONA JONES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DIONA JONES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $121,062 total reported compensation
  • ADRIENNE ROBERTS (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING): $89,385 total reported compensation
  • CARRIE MOLITIERNO (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $79,650 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

F.o.r. Sto-rox neighborhood corporation is organized for the improvement and betterment of the social, educational, health, and cultural environments of the mckees rocks boro/stowe township neighborhoods. Its mission, through its programs and partnerships, is to connect children, adults, and families with relationships, resources, and opportunities, to develop and sustain a thriving community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family services - a comprehensive set of programservices to families of the sto-rox community as follows:-positive parenting - a program for families with children from birth to age five. The goal of the program is to prevent child abuse and help children and families transition into the school system by improving the parent-child relationship. Approximately 120 individuals served.-family foundations - a federally funded early head start program involving 55 families in the area.-community services - provides counseling, information and referral; shelter, workforce development and crisis care for citizens in the area. The community resource center also houses multiple partner organizations providing linkages and counseling for various needs.-crime prevention - a program funded through allegheny county, pa's. Departtment of human services to coordinate and implement the sto-rox community violence reduction initiative.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 85% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.